Chin Stephen - Raspberry Pi with Java: programming the internet of things (IoT)

Stephen Chin is the Lead Java Community Manager at Oracle and JavaOne Content Co-Chair. He has keynoted numerous Java conferences around the world, including JavaOne, where he is a four-time Rock Star Award recipient. Stephen is an avid motorcyclist who has done several pan-European evangelism tours, interviewing hackers in their natural habitat and posting the videos on http://nighthacking.com/. When he is not traveling, Stephen enjoys teaching kids how to do embedded and robot programming together with his 12-year-old daughter.

James Weaver is a Java developer, author, and speaker with a passion for helping Java to be increasingly leveraged in rich-client applications and the Internet of Things. James has authored and co-authored several books, including Inside Java, the Beginning J2EE series, and the Pro JavaFX series. He also speaks internationally at software technology conferences about Java, JavaFX, IoT, and cloud computing. James tweets as @JavaFXpert, and blogs at both http://JavaFXpert.com and http://CulturedEar.com.

Mark Heckler is a Pivotal Developer Advocate, conference speaker, and published author focusing upon software development for the Internet of Things and the Cloud. He has worked with key players in the manufacturing, retail, medical, scientific, telecom, and financial industries and various public sector organizations to develop and deliver critical capabilities on time and on budget. Mark is an open source contributor, author/curator of a developer-focused blog (HYPERLINK http://www.thehecklers.org/ http://www.thehecklers.org), and possessor of an occasionally interesting Twitter account (@MkHeck). Mark lives with his very understanding wife in St. Louis, MO USA.

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I want to thank my wife, Justine, and two daughters, Cassandra and Priscilla, for their support, encouragement, and sacrifice to make this book happen.

Stephen Chin

Id like to thank Stephen Chin for envisioning this book and inviting me to help write it, Mark Heckler for agreeing to review the book for technical accuracy, and Brandi Shailer for shepherding the process. Of course, Id like to thank my wife Julie, daughters Lori and Kelli, and grandchildren Kaleb and Jillian for their unbounded love and support. Psalm 28:7.

James L. Weaver

T he Raspberry Pi has started a revolution in embedded development, reducing the barriers of entry for computer programmers to build devices that interact with the physical world. Java SE and Java ME Embedded use the Raspberry Pi as their reference platform, making it the platform of choice for Java developers who are getting started in embedded development. Java also comes preinstalled on the official Raspbian image, making it the highest-performing high-level language available for the Raspberry Pi. We, the authors, took advantage of the sweet spot of programming the Raspberry Pi with Java to help you get up to speed on developing for the Internet of Things, and joining the IoT revolution.